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wheelchair ponies
by Thomas B James → (All Poetry by Thomas B James)
Sunday, January 16, 2022    Rated "G" by the Author.
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Just a poem I wrote years ago.

in the silence of the weeds
birds mimic waterfalls
like wheelchairs crossing
a cobbled street

the flowers are without stems
& they are caught
between the pilings and splinters
of the bridge that exploded.

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 Reviews of "wheelchair ponies"
Reviewed on February 2, 2022
I feel a sadness caught between the words.

Reviewed by Ronald Hull
Reviewed on January 22, 2022
Quiet an example of esoteric poetry. Great with poetic critics, but unintelligible by those of us who never studied poetry or cared to win prizes with it--just communicate well with all readers.

You did strike one cord. The other day while on a mission, I took the wrong turn in the parking lot and came upon some heaved up asphalt, catching my easy lock on it in a way that I was stuck even with the power of my chair. My partner, thankfully, jerked on my chair enough so that I could back out of the situation and take the smooth sidewalk into the building.

Fortunately, cobblestone streets are long gone. If I tried to navigate one, the springs on my chair and the bouncy levitation of my air cushion would give my neck tremendous back and forward whip lashes as I tried to get across it as quick as possible before my head disconnected from my body.

Ron

Reviewed on January 17, 2022
The first stanza made me think about it a little bit, but then I get the sound you described; the second stanza was quite visual so I see that in my head. Thank you for sharing!

Sandie


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